Thing(s) that made me happy today...

by **cheekymunkee** » October 19th, 2008, 1:22 pm

BullyLady wrote:Thanks!!!

It wasn't my marriage anniversary though, it was 10 years since our first date. I've only been married for 3. We don't normally celebrate the "first date" anniversary, but neither of us could pass up the 10 year mark.

And congrats Diana!

CONGRATS to all of you!!!

by **mnp13** » October 19th, 2008, 3:18 pm

airwalk wrote:Ah you guys are like us..together for 13 years married for 8.

We've been together 7 years, married... well, not married yet.

by **maberi** » October 19th, 2008, 9:04 pm

New flyball title for the Pearls and an all around great weekend. Even Kayden had a good time

by **pitbullmamaliz** » October 19th, 2008, 9:56 pm

Bravo! Pictures?

by **maberi** » October 20th, 2008, 9:20 am

Unfortunately no

The lighting in that building is so poor it is really difficult to get a decent action shot without the use of a flash (which are prohibited) unless you have a really fast camera and lens

I've decided I want a border/staffie. Some of the coolest dogs I have ever seen

by **TheRedQueen** » October 20th, 2008, 9:48 am

Congrats! What's he up to now (in terms of titles)? :confetti:

and sheesh...those Border-staffies are crazy... :crazy2:

Such opposite breeds...and put them together? Great for flyball...but I couldn't live with one. There are two young ones in our area, just coming out...and booooy, are they nasty to everyone. But fast...so that's what's important. :nono:

by **maberi** » October 20th, 2008, 9:53 am

Just his FDCh but he racked up a bunch of points so he is pretty close to his FDCh Silver

There were two on one team that were really amazing. White with black but their heads were much bigger than most of the ones I have seen so they looked very staffy but boy could those things fly. Both were consistently putting up 3.9s.

Why in the world do some teams run their dogs without collars?

TheRedQueen wrote:Congrats! What's he up to now (in terms of titles)?

and sheesh...those Border-staffies are crazy... Such opposite breeds...and put them together? Great for flyball...but I couldn't live with one. There are two young ones in our area, just coming out...and booooy, are they nasty to everyone. But fast...so that's what's important.

by **BullyLady** » October 20th, 2008, 10:31 am

maberi wrote:Unfortunately no

The lighting in that building is so poor it is really difficult to get a decent action shot without the use of a flash (which are prohibited) unless you have a really fast camera and lens

I've decided I want a border/staffie. Some of the coolest dogs I have ever seen

Wait, people are on purposely breeding border collies to staffies??

by **maberi** » October 20th, 2008, 10:46 am

Lol, yeah they are breeding everything to get the driviest fastest dogs around

Border/Jacks
Border/Staff
Jack/Staff (they look like little muscle monsters)
etc...

BullyLady wrote:Wait, people are on purposely breeding border collies to staffies??

by **demolitionic** » October 20th, 2008, 10:47 am

That just seems like a bad, bad idea to me :crazy2:

by **BullyLady** » October 20th, 2008, 10:52 am

demolitionic wrote:That just seems like a bad, bad idea to me

+ 1,000,000

by **TheRedQueen** » October 20th, 2008, 11:03 am

People breed them for flyball mainly...they're designer flyball breeds...short (to bring the jump height down), but fast and powerful and flexible. It's been going on for as long as I've been in flyball...(over 10 years now). The first mixes I remember were Border-borders (BC and Border terrier)...but they weren't as fast. Now I'm seeing Border-whippets and such too. But they're taking such completely different dogs...to breed, it's just odd. But the fastest teams have them...so everyone needs one now!

I just don't get it

...they all claim that they find only good homes for them, but I'm still a rescue person at heart...and I've found great flyball dogs that way.

BTW, Matt...they're usually referred to as "Staffy-jacks" when it's a JRT/SBT mix.

Designer dogs in flyball...blog article
http://www-s3.sunshinerain.com/SureShot ... yball.html

Border staffy breeding:
http://paintedstarsfarm.com/borderstaffy.cfm

Spring-loaded flyball team...scroll down for mixes
http://www.springloaded-flyball.com/dogs.htm

Article mentioning flyball mixes
http://www.cal.net/~pamgreen/designer_dogs_by_wood.html

by **demolitionic** » October 21st, 2008, 1:48 am

I got hired today.

It's not as much money as I wanted to start out with, but they have a good bonus system, and the benefits are awesome, and there's a lot of room for advancement. So, let's hope that works out.

by **iluvk9** » October 21st, 2008, 6:19 am

demolitionic wrote:I got hired today.

It's not as much money as I wanted to start out with, but they have a good bonus system, and the benefits are awesome, and there's a lot of room for advancement. So, let's hope that works out.

Did you take the Greeter at Walmart job?

:congrats:

by **pitbullmamaliz** » October 21st, 2008, 8:37 am

Congrats, Amanda! Is it at that fancy schmancy stuck-up place with the weird rules???

by **LaylaWoobie** » October 21st, 2008, 9:30 am

I love Tuesdays. :dance:

by **TheRedQueen** » October 21st, 2008, 11:02 am

I missed it before, but congrats on the FDCh, Earl and Matt! :dance:

Y'all coming down to PA in December? :wink:

by **maberi** » October 21st, 2008, 11:14 am

What tournament is in Dec.?

by **demolitionic** » October 21st, 2008, 3:48 pm

pitbullmamaliz wrote:Congrats, Amanda! Is it at that fancy schmancy stuck-up place with the weird rules???

No way. Screw THAT.

by **dogged** » October 21st, 2008, 4:26 pm

The forecast made me happy today

Monday, Nov 3
Sunshine
High 58F - Low 38F

Tuesday, Nov 4
Sunshine
High 59F - Low 41F

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